Ian Kennedy
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 210LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 1, #21, New York Yankees | Southern California
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 3 1 3.20 55 0 26 56.1 62 1.10
2022 4 7 5.36 57 0 10 50.1 44 1.57
2023 0 1 7.16 16 0 0 16.1 21 1.41
17 Seasons 104 114 4.16 497 290 66 1,904.1 1,775 1.29
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 55 3-1 3.20 56.1 62 1.10
2022 57 4-7 5.36 50.1 44 1.57
2023 16 0-1 7.16 16.1 21 1.41
17 Seasons 497 104-114 4.16 1,904.1 1,775 1.29
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 30 2911 480 40 8.3 5.6 89.5 110.9 14.7 35.6 .251 .440 .347 .327 .408 39.8 24.4 7.2 4.28 4.49
2016 31 3378 555 43 7.7 5.3 89.3 113.4 19.3 32.4 .239 .433 .312 .323 .379 38.7 22.5 8.1 3.68 4.43
2017 32 2641 458 50 10.9 7.6 89.5 113.3 17.5 35.4 .263 .515 .338 .359 .416 35.8 20.0 9.3 5.38 5.74
2018 33 2060 372 33 8.9 6.4 89.5 116.0 17.5 39.2 .260 .483 .334 .342 .404 37.1 20.3 7.7 4.66 5.06
2019 34 1096 175 11 6.3 4.1 88.6 109.9 14.8 30.3 .219 .368 .291 .275 .351 34.3 27.4 6.4 3.41 3.28
2020 35 261 48 7 14.6 10.1 92.5 112.5 19.8 27.1 .274 .562 .441 .377 .464 45.8 21.7 7.2 9.00 6.36
2021 36 899 147 13 8.8 5.7 90.8 115.4 26.7 35.4 .226 .427 .296 .304 .390 44.9 27.2 7.5 3.19 3.89
2022 37 867 164 20 12.2 8.6 92.2 112.9 21.5 44.5 .288 .514 .360 .374 .437 45.1 19.0 9.5 5.36 6.13
2023 38 314 45 4 8.9 5.3 90.9 109.5 18.9 33.3 .232 .389 .347 .318 .389 51.1 28.0 9.3 7.16 4.27
Player 14427 2444 221 9.0 6.2 89.7 116.0 18.1 35.4 .250 .458 .331 .333 .400 39.0 22.6 8.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kennedy relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(60.8%) ,
Split Finger
(33.4%) ,
Cutter
(4.5%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(1.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 41.3 21.3 30.0 7.5 35.0 36.0 29.0 2.3 27.5 24.4 26.3 7.1 8.3 5.6
2016 34.2 30.6 24.0 11.2 36.8 34.1 29.2 2.7 23.2 33.3 23.6 7.4 7.7 5.3
2017 36.2 32.5 23.1 8.1 34.9 39.3 25.8 2.8 25.1 31.2 22.3 6.3 10.9 7.6
2018 30.9 29.0 31.2 8.9 34.1 36.6 29.3 2.4 22.6 30.6 24.7 8.9 8.9 6.4
2019 45.7 22.9 22.9 8.6 31.4 37.1 31.4 2.9 35.4 26.9 20.6 6.3 6.3 4.1
2020 39.6 35.4 14.6 10.4 41.7 29.2 29.2 4.2 18.8 27.1 27.1 6.3 14.6 10.1
2021 25.2 38.1 23.1 13.6 32.7 29.9 37.4 3.4 15.0 40.1 25.2 7.5 8.8 5.7
2022 24.4 32.9 34.1 8.5 30.5 41.5 28.0 2.4 17.1 32.3 27.4 7.9 12.2 8.6
2023 35.6 40.0 17.8 6.7 40.0 28.9 31.1 6.7 22.2 28.9 24.4 8.9 8.9 5.3
Player 35.2 29.2 26.4 9.2 34.8 36.1 29.1 2.7 24.2 30.4 24.3 7.3 9.0 6.2
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2023 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 191 92.4 14.5 2.4 9.0ARM 0.8 17.7 1.9 9.0ARM 1.6
2023 Split-Finger TEX R 104 84.7 30.1 -4.1 7.0ARM -4.8 8.3 -5.1 7.0ARM -4.1
2023 Cutter TEX R 14 84.3 35.3 -3.5 3.2GLV 0.5 3.3 -4.6 3.2GLV 0.6
2023 Curveball TEX R 4 79.5 52.1 0.4 5.0GLV -5.3 -8.9 -1.0 5.0GLV -3.9
2022 Slider AZ R 15 81.0 41.0 0.9 10.4GLV 1.5 0.8 1.0 10.4GLV 4.7
2022 Split-Finger AZ R 84 85.5 29.5 -2.8 7.8ARM -4.5 8.2 -4.1 7.8ARM -3.6
2022 Changeup AZ R 9 87.6 24.6 -5.7 13.4ARM -1.1 11.1 -5.2 13.4ARM -0.8
2022 Curveball AZ R 35 79.0 54.6 1.8 7.4GLV -3.1 -10.6 0.7 7.4GLV -1.7
2022 Cutter AZ R 18 85.9 33.4 -4.4 3.2GLV 0.7 3.8 -4.5 3.2GLV 0.5
2022 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 706 93.4 14.1 1.8 10.4ARM 2.1 17.5 1.3 10.4ARM 3.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -4.0 -8 191 60.8 49 .302 .581 .417 25.5 20.4 18.5 .282 .480 .364 61.8
2023 Split-Finger 0.6 1 105 33.4 24 .100 .100 .192 52.3 45.8 21.6 .118 .150 .212 11.1
2023 Cutter -4.4 -1 14 4.5 2 .500 2.000 1.000 50.0 0.0 -- .288 .819 .453 50.0
2023 Curveball -3.4 0 4 1.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 3 706 81.4 185 .238 .451 .337 17.7 17.8 18.0 .279 .521 .377 48.1
2022 Split-Finger -5.5 -5 84 9.7 26 .417 .500 .462 38.1 26.9 15.9 .344 .437 .370 29.4
2022 Curveball -4.0 -1 35 4.0 6 .600 1.200 .633 12.5 0.0 0.0 .288 .492 .401 33.3
2022 Cutter -9.9 -2 18 2.1 7 .429 1.000 .721 16.7 42.9 23.1 .288 .544 .356 50.0
2022 Slider -7.2 -1 15 1.7 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .241 .272 .221 0.0
2022 Changeup -6.2 -1 9 1.0 3 .333 .667 .417 16.7 33.3 14.3 .335 .880 .513 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Cutter 14 84.3 21 4.5 11:15 9:45 90
2023 4-Seam Fastball 191 92.4 96 19.5 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Split-Finger 88 84.9 89 11.4 1:30 1:45 -15
2022 Curveball 35 79.0 62 15.4 7:30 7:00 30
2022 Cutter 17 86.0 28 4.5 11:30 10:15 75
2022 4-Seam Fastball 701 93.4 97 20.1 1:15 1:00 15
2022 Split-Finger 75 85.5 85 11.7 1:30 1:45 -15
2022 Slider 15 81.0 45 11.6 8:15 8:45 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 187 765 -5 3 -3 -7 -12
2010 807 3,156 14 28 -16 -12 13
2011 957 3,618 33 33 -17 -13 36
2012 895 3,366 -5 27 -12 -14 -4
2013 793 3,087 -4 18 -24 -14 -24
2014 841 3,377 6 31 -15 -13 9
2015 706 2,890 -27 31 -15 -9 -20
2016 817 3,377 25 18 -18 -13 14
2017 650 2,636 4 17 -28 -8 -15
2018 513 2,056 -1 16 -15 -6 -6
2019 265 1,096 7 13 -11 -2 7
2020 68 261 -7 1 -2 -3 -10
2021 225 899 8 9 -5 -3 8
2022 229 867 -3 6 -7 -3 -6
2023 75 314 -5 2 -3 -2 -8
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,911 47.3 67.1 80.2 28.7 61.3 44.9 61.7 46.9 25.1 6.1 76.4
2016 3,378 49.2 66.6 81.5 28.6 63.3 45.2 62.0 47.3 23.4 6.7 75.9
2017 2,641 50.9 67.5 81.3 23.0 63.1 44.3 58.2 45.7 22.6 7.7 74.5
2018 2,060 49.9 67.1 84.2 27.1 69.9 46.4 62.7 47.1 19.2 6.5 84.3
2019 1,096 51.5 69.1 81.8 26.1 57.6 38.9 61.1 48.3 24.2 8.8 78.1
2020 261 54.0 71.6 80.2 29.2 71.4 41.8 66.2 52.1 21.3 8.0 81.0
2021 899 53.7 75.6 77.0 28.8 56.7 44.2 68.4 53.9 27.2 8.6 84.4
2022 867 51.1 75.6 81.2 23.3 77.8 46.3 67.0 50.1 19.4 7.3 88.9
2023 314 44.3 72.7 78.2 28.0 40.8 40.1 53.3 47.8 34.0 6.7 90.5
Player 14,427 49.8 68.5 81.2 26.9 63.3 44.5 61.9 47.7 23.3 7.1 78.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 23 37 14 8 43 1 3 13 4 75 54 68 41 36 86 77 67
2016 34 62 31 15 52 3 16 28 16 62 44 51 46 47 86 68 73
2017 9 27 4 1 26 1 1 5 27 37 33 37 6 37 80 61 82
2018 14 22 4 3 41 12 11 17 34 38 58 9 37 34 84 70 75
2019 86 77 74 68 91 69 64 50 69 75 75 41 17 70 89 74 75
2020 54 90 66
2021 58 67 33 14 76 67 33 9 10 74 62 58 58 62 90 67
2022 1 2 1 1 2 41 2 1 7 24 27 8 2 41 94 75
2023 25 81 66
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.2 33 36.1 -3 10 32 12 36.4
2017 22.9 34 34.8 -1 9 24 17 50.0
2018 23.2 20 21.7 -2 10 14 11 55.0
2019 23.4 6 7.6 -2 3 9 1 16.7
2020 22.7 7 6.6 0 1 4 3 42.9
2021 24.2 12 9.6 2 3 5 5 41.7
2022 22.9 11 10.5 1 4 13 2 18.2
2023 24.9 4 3.3 1 1 3 1 25.0
Player 23.0 127 130.2 -3 41 104 52 40.9
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 33 37 26 41 37 34 38 42 32 23 36 43 35 28 35 41 22 33 37 43 34 27 49 48 34 34 39 48 41 37 29
2017 34 35 30 34 36 36 39 36 30 28 35 38 36 31 36 41 32 33 35 34 38 32 42 39 36 30 32 43 39 35 24
2018 20 27 16 20 22 20 25 20 19 17 21 25 25 17 20 22 21 21 22 25 23 24 28 25 19 17 21 25 25 21 17
2019 6 9 5 13 8 9 9 8 4 3 5 9 10 8 7 9 6 7 7 10 8 7 12 10 7 6 7 9 9 6 2
2020 7 7 5 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 3
2021 12 10 9 9 10 10 10 9 7 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 10 11 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 9
2022 11 11 6 11 10 10 13 6 6 6 7 10 13 12 11 15 12 11 9 10 10 12 16 16 4 9 10 15 14 11 9
2023 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
Player 127 140 98 139 134 130 145 131 108 93 123 146 138 114 130 149 113 125 129 144 131 123 168 159 119 114 129 160 148 130 96
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.9 92.8 0.9 92.1 -0.7 91.2 -0.9 93.8 2.6 92.1 -1.7 94.0 1.9 93.2 -0.8 91.8 -1.4
Offspeed Velocity 83.9 84.5 0.6 85.1 0.6 85.0 -0.1 87.9 2.9 86.7 -1.2 87.1 0.4 85.7 -1.4 84.7 -1.0
Breaking Velocity 80.4 81.0 0.6 81.4 0.4 78.9 -2.5 80.5 1.6 80.5 0.0 81.1 0.6 79.6 -1.5 79.5 -0.1
Exit Velocity 89.5 89.3 -0.2 89.5 0.2 89.5 0.0 88.6 -0.9 92.5 3.9 90.8 -1.7 92.2 1.4 90.9 -1.3
Launch Angle 14.7 19.3 4.6 17.5 -1.8 17.5 0.0 14.8 -2.7 19.8 5.0 26.7 6.9 21.5 -5.2 18.9 -2.6
Barrel % 8.3 7.7 -0.6 10.9 3.2 8.9 -2.0 6.3 -2.6 14.6 8.3 8.8 -5.8 12.2 3.4 8.9 -3.3
Hard Hit % 39.8 38.7 -1.1 35.8 -2.9 37.1 1.3 34.3 -2.8 45.8 11.5 44.9 -0.9 45.1 0.2 51.1 6.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.6 32.4 -3.2 35.4 3.0 39.2 3.8 30.3 -8.9 27.1 -3.2 35.4 8.3 44.5 9.1 33.3 -11.2
xBA .251 .239 -0.012 .263 0.024 .260 -0.003 .219 -0.041 .274 0.055 .226 -0.048 .288 0.062 .232 -0.056
BA .258 .236 -0.022 .246 0.010 .265 0.019 .261 -0.004 .323 0.062 .216 -0.107 .278 0.062 .246 -0.032
xwOBA .327 .323 -0.004 .359 0.036 .342 -0.017 .275 -0.067 .377 0.102 .304 -0.073 .374 0.070 .318 -0.056
wOBA .347 .312 -0.035 .338 0.026 .334 -0.004 .291 -0.043 .441 0.150 .296 -0.145 .360 0.064 .347 -0.013
xSLG .440 .433 -0.007 .515 0.082 .483 -0.032 .368 -0.115 .562 0.194 .427 -0.135 .514 0.087 .389 -0.125
SLG .497 .413 -0.084 .485 0.072 .456 -0.029 .363 -0.093 .694 0.331 .418 -0.276 .502 0.084 .477 -0.025
K% 24.4 22.5 -1.9 20.0 -2.5 20.3 0.3 27.4 7.1 21.7 -5.7 27.2 5.5 19.0 -8.2 28.0 9.0
BB% 7.2 8.1 0.9 9.3 1.2 7.7 -1.6 6.4 -1.3 7.2 0.8 7.5 0.3 9.5 2.0 9.3 -0.2
Swing % 46.9 47.3 0.4 45.7 -1.6 47.1 1.4 48.3 1.2 52.1 3.8 53.9 1.8 50.1 -3.8 47.8 -2.3
Whiff% 25.1 23.4 -1.7 22.6 -0.8 19.2 -3.4 24.2 5.0 21.3 -2.9 27.2 5.9 19.4 -7.8 34.0 14.6
In Zone % 47.3 49.2 1.9 50.9 1.7 49.9 -1.0 51.5 1.6 54.0 2.5 53.7 -0.3 51.1 -2.6 44.3 -6.8
Out of Zone % 52.7 50.8 -1.9 49.1 -1.7 50.1 1.0 48.5 -1.6 46.0 -2.5 46.3 0.3 48.9 2.6 55.7 6.8
Out of Zone Swing % 28.7 28.6 -0.1 23.0 -5.6 27.1 4.1 26.1 -1.0 29.2 3.1 28.8 -0.4 23.3 -5.5 28.0 4.7
First Pitch Swing % 27.7 28.6 0.9 25.3 -3.3 27.4 2.1 27.2 -0.2 41.2 14.0 41.3 0.1 40.4 -0.9 29.3 -11.1
First Pitch Strike % 61.7 62.0 0.3 58.2 -3.8 62.7 4.5 61.1 -1.6 66.2 5.1 68.4 2.2 67.0 -1.4 53.3 -13.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 808 .314 388 17 4.4 420 53 12.6
2017 Shifts 651 .337 338 15 4.4 313 32 10.2
2018 Shifts 516 .334 268 49 18.3 248 114 46.0
2019 Shifts 264 .292 129 8 6.2 135 13 9.6
2020 Shifts 67 .448 37 9 24.3 30 20 66.7
2021 Shifts 225 .296 124 7 5.6 101 38 37.6
2022 Shifts 228 .362 145 19 13.1 83 42 50.6
2023 Shades 75 .347 46 0 0.0 29 20 69.0
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 1007 16.0 34.4% 1.5% 510 23.7 0.2% 14.9%
2011 1001 14.7 55.7% 0.8% 506 22.2 0.2% 8.3%
2012 962 15.0 50.7% 1.1% 554 22.0 0.4% 10.1%
2013 887 16.4 32.7% 1.4% 506 23.2 0.0% 10.9%
2014 977 16.7 29.1% 1.9% 523 23.2 0.6% 10.1%
2015 908 18.1 21.0% 3.2% 410 24.7 3.9% 23.7%
2016 1072 18.4 17.5% 3.6% 486 25.1 0.6% 20.4%
2017 851 17.1 18.2% 1.9% 394 23.8 0.8% 7.4%
2018 629 17.6 16.4% 2.4% 334 24.3 0.0% 12.0%
2019 294 21.7 0.0% 5.4% 215 26.2 0.0% 18.6%
2020 82 22.6 0.0% 8.5% 27 28.5 0.0% 37.0%
2021 235 22.0 0.0% 8.9% 129 25.9 0.0% 15.5%
2022 213 21.0 0.0% 2.8% 163 25.1 0.0% 9.8%
2023 85 16.3 20.0% 0.0% 54 19.0 5.6% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution